Dining in Hollywood Beach Florida

Culinary offerings for every palate

Boldly led by celebrity chefs alongside local Hollywood chefs and spirited by world-class mixologists, a wide range of remarkable culinary offerings make The Diplomat a true foodie’s paradise. Choose from The Diplomat’s signature steakhouse Diplomat Prime or enjoy Coastal American cuisine at Point Royal from celebrity chef, restauranteur, and television star Geoffrey Zakarian. The Hotel Bar transports you to famous hotels around the world with its menu inspired by iconic cocktails. Grab-and-go from casual market The Canteen, or head across the way to Diplomat Landing and take in beautiful views of the Intracoastal Waterway at Bristol’s Burgers or Portico Beer & Wine Garden. Exciting new options including modern Japanese izakaya Monkitail from celebrity chef and restaurateur Michael Schulson, the festive Nuevo Latino Playa from chefs Sue Torres and Darren Carbone, and family-friendly sweets shop Candy & Cones. Complimentary four-hour parking is provided for all restaurant guests.

Point Royal

Coastal American Restaurant & Bar by Geoffrey Zakarian. In keeping with Geoffrey’s reputation for producing some of the country’s most relevant restaurants, he created Point Royal exclusively for the Diplomat Beach Resort. With an accessible, modern take on a seaside restaurant, the indoor-outdoor venue features the property’s only raw bar and a menu featuring the full gamut of Zakarian's Coastal American cuisine. Complimented by a center bar focused on fresh juice based cocktails and one of the largest wine lists on property, Point Royal delivers a lively bustling environment and is open for breakfast and dinner daily.

Celebrity chef and restaurateur Michael Schulson brings his modern Japanese fare to Hollywood, Florida with the opening of Monkitail. Schulson's menu is a contemporary take on the classic ‪izakaya‪, featuring sharable small plates and sushi as well as an array of specialty cocktails and saké. Surrounding an open robatayaki kitchen in the heart of the restaurant is a 15-seat sushi bar and a private dining area overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Tucked away beyond Monkitail's main dining room is Nokku, a discreet cocktail lounge with four private rooms, each having full karaoke capabilities.

Playa

11 am – 6pm (kitchen) 11 am – 7pm (bar)

Playa is a poolside, beachfront Nuevo Latino concept, featuring food designed by chefs Sue Torres and Darren Carbone. Along with an extensive bar highlighting Rum and Tequila specialties, Playa redefines the resort’s outdoor experience through perfectly executed tacos on house-made tortillas, an array of fresh salsas and guacamoles, and only fresh juice-based cocktails. Everything is served with unobstructed views of the sand, sky and waves, like no other location in South Florida.

Diplomat Prime

tue - sat: 5:30 pM – 10:30 pM

Diplomat Prime is our luxury boutique steakhouse led by Executive Chef Nicolay. The restaurant boasts a reimagined menu of prime beef aged in-house, seasonally-driven seafood dishes, and select delicate fare. The beverage program includes a variety of old world and new world wines available by the glass and bottle, as well as an extensive list of classic cocktails designed to complement the steakhouse fare. Inspired by the hotel’s iconic period through the 1950s, the design of the 108-seat restaurant incorporates elements of sophistication and playful femininity to a steakhouse space that historically had masculine overtones.

Bristol’s Burgers

Mon-Fri: 5:00 pm – 11:00 pmSat-Sun: Noon – 11:00 pm

OUR VERY OWN BRISTOL'S BURGER FINISHED IN 2ND PLACE BY THE "PEOPLE'S CHOICE " AT BURGER BASH DURING THE 2017 SOBE F&W EVENT.

Located at The Diplomat Landing Marina overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway, is a timeless burger joint. The menu features ingredient-driven burgers and a wide selection of starters, boozy and non-boozy milkshakes with house made ice cream, and a full bar celebrating throwback cocktails. The unique oval-shaped burgers, created using a proprietary signature blend of beef, are served on house-made sub rolls and accompanied by ingredient-driven toppings. A modern take on a fast-casual burger restaurant, Bristol’s Burgers features an open kitchen, surrounded by red leather booths and tables for both indoor and outdoor seating. This old school décor allows guests to sit back and enjoy great food in an atmosphere guaranteed to take you back in time. The space also has an arcade off to the front of therestaurant, free for all guests to enjoy.

Counter Point

Daily: 6:00AM-6:00PM

Geoffrey Zakarian's extension of Point Royal, Counter Point offers the best coffee and fresh juice in Hollywood. Designed for everyday convenience but dedicated to Chef Zakarian’s commitment to quality, Counter Point is the place for specialty espresso drinks, smoothies, cold brew coffee and a daily selection of house baked breakfast pastries, salads and sandwiches with wine, beer and savory snacks for later in the day and evening. Offering guests options to carry-out or dine-in, Counter Point is open all day and every day.

New Loyalty Program: The program consists of a loyalty card, that when a purchase is made a sticker will be placed over a number 1-10. Once the guest has made 10 purchases, the 11th drink is free. The Cards are available at Counterpoint.

Portico

Daily: 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Portico, located at The Diplomat Landing, is a waterfront beer and wine garden serving sharable, light-Italian favorites with an exclusively on-tap beer and wine program. Portico offers old and new world wines, local craft beers, beloved imports and even a signature Americano cocktail, all on tap and served in 7 oz. glasses, encouraging sipping, tasting and swapping. The Portico experience is well suited to its location just steps away from the Diplomat Landing Marina, where in addition to gazing at the resident yachts, guests entertain themselves with outdoor games like ping-pong, corn hole, and giant Jenga. Seating is both covered and uncovered with canopies draped throughout the area. Several styles of seating are available including Adirondack chairs, picnic tables and round tables, all offering guests different ways to lounge as they enjoy drinks and food.

Canteen

Daily: 6:00 AM – 2:00 AM

The Canteen is a supply & trading company offering convenience food and beverage items for hotel guests. Beer and wine, chips, nuts and other snacks, prepared salads and sandwiches, cookies and brownies and anything else you can imagine are available.

The Hotel Bar

Daily: 11:00AM – 2:00AM

The Hotel Bar is an indoor-outdoor bar highlighting fresh juice based classic cocktails from historic hotel bars around the world and famous local bartenders in the South Florida region. Paying homage to the cocktails made famous in global hotels, the menu features drinks including the Singapore Sling (The Raffles Hotel), the Nacional Cocktail (The Hotel Nacional) and the Vieux Carre (The Hotel Monteleone). In addition to a list of classic sections like the Manhattan and the Dark & Stormy, the bar celebrates cocktails from recognized bartenders in the surrounding area, including the Papa Doble from Julio Cabrera featuring light rum, luxardo maraschino liqueur, fresh squeezed pink grapefruit juice and lime juice, and the Toasted Marshmallow Old Fashioned from Elad Zvi made with Bourbon, toasted marshmallow syrup, dash of orange bitters, Dale DeGroff’s Pimento Bitters and garnished with mini toasted marshmallows and orange oil. All cocktails are prepared with ingredients from the hotel’s ‘juice commissary’, the source for all freshly squeezed juices and house branded ice, which is distributed throughout all food and beverage concepts on property.

Candy & Cones

Mon-Fri: 2:00 pm – 9:00 pmSat-Sun: Noon – 9:00 pm

CANDY AND CONES is one of the most memorable and engaging culinary destinations at the resort. Ice creams are freshly churned on site and folded into customized sundaes or one of hundreds of varieties of ice cream sandwiches and pops. The modern penny candy wall features dozens of favorites by the pound. All confections can be enjoyed at the classic soda fountain counter or taken away.

Meet Our Chefs

Geoffrey Zakarian

Celebrity Chef & Restaurateur

Restaurateur and television star Geoffrey Zakarian is coming to Diplomat Beach Resort. In keeping with Geoffrey’s reputation for producing some of the country’s most relevant restaurants, he created Point Royal exclusively for the Diplomat Beach Resort. With an accessible, modern take on a seaside restaurant, the indoor-outdoor venue features the property’s only raw bar and a menu featuring the full gamete of Zakarian's Coastal American cuisine. Complimented by a center bar focused on fresh juice based cocktails and one of the largest wine lists on property, Point Royal delivers a lively bustling environment and is open for breakfast and dinner daily.

Michael Schulson

Celebrity Chef and Restauranteur

Celebrity Chef and Restaurateur Michael Schulson brings his modern Japanese fare to Hollywood, Florida with Monkitail. Schulson’s menu is a contemporary take on the classic izakaya, featuring sharable small plates and sushi as well as an array of specialty cocktails and saké. An open robatayaki kitchen sits at the heart of the restaurant, and a 15-seat sushi bar and private dining area overlook the Atlantic Ocean. Tucked away beyond the main dining room is a discreet karaoke bar offering tunes, cocktails and signature dishes late into the night.

Christian Rassinoux

Executive Chef, The Diplomat Beach Resort

Continually recognized for culinary excellence throughout his career, Chef Christian Rassinoux joined the Diplomat as Executive Chef in 2013. Having showcased his talents at some of the world’s most prestigious hotels, Rassinoux is responsible for leading all food and beverage operations at the 1,000-room resort.

Rassinoux also oversees the culinary strategy for groups and events at the adjacent 209,000-square-foot convention center featuring a 50,000-square-foot unobstructed great hall, four ballrooms and 39 individual meeting rooms.

Rassinoux served as the executive chef of MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the country’s largest hotel, since 2009. Previously he held the same title for over 20 years at various Ritz-Carlton hotels around the world from California to China. The list of his culinary achievements is staggering including Chef of the Year, French Culinary Association in 1986; Chef of the Year, Le Toques Blanche International in 1990; Chevalier in the National Order of Merit by the President of the French Republic in 1994; and a Doctor of Culinary Arts, Honoris Causa, from Johnson & Wales University in 1995.

Rassinoux is also actively involved in the culinary community having served as member of the Conseiller Culinaire for the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs from 1986 to 2007 and was previously President of the French Chefs Association.

Henry Martignago

Executive Pastry Chef

A native of France, Chef Henry Martignago brings more than 26 years of culinary expertise to Diplomat Resort & Spa. He began his career in France and Switzerland before moving to Arlington, Virginia in 1989. In 1993, he was appointed the Executive Pastry Chef for the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington D.C. Henry has also served for the French Embassy as well as The White House. After relocating to Florida in 2002, he was appointed the Executive Pastry Chef of The Peabody Orlando.

Serving as Pastry Chef at the Diplomat since its opening, Chef Martignago has received diplomas from the Certificate Professional Aprentissage (CPA) in Patisserie and Cuisine as well as a renowned hotel school in Versailles. Additionally, he has completed courses in chocolate, sugar and wedding cakes.